Commentary: The background and outcomes of the first-cousin marriage controversy in Great Britain

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1453-1458

  Bittles, A H ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MARRIAGE;

CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC FITNESS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE;

EID: 75349083882     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp313     Document Type: Note

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